For
Children's Choir and
Piano (with Optional
Percussion). Composed
by Alec Roth. Choral
Octavo; Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Contemporary; Secular.
Score. 28 pages. Edition
Peters #98-EP73535.
Published by Edition
Peters (PE.EP73535).
ISBN 9790577022581.
Words by Vikram
Seth.
Earth and Sky
was commissioned by the
BBC for the Proms 2000
season. In keeping with
the millennial theme, a
work presenting a vision
of the future was
requested. Trying to be
helpful, the BBC provided
me with the predictions
of various pundits, but
their ideas seemed
dizzyingly contradictory.
Then the simple thought
struck me that however
varied and complex the
answers, the big
questions will always
remain the same. We may
now have a map of the
human genome, but how to
use the map? How shall I
know where I should go?
How may I see the I
that's me? As a
musician I am hopeful
that, no matter how the
world develops, future
generations will still
come together to dance
and sing and play. The
mysterious power of music
to bind us socially and
inspire us individually
seems to be built into
our genes. So, a song of
questions; a song about
music---these were the
ideas which I took to
Vikram Seth, who had
generously agreed to
write the words for me.
The resulting poem
provided lots of
inspiration. It is
entirely monosyllabic,
enabling considerable
variety of rhythmic
treatment. I love its
permutations and its
imagery of paradox and
inversion and I have
amused myself by playing
similar games with the
musical material. But
there is seriousness as
well as fun---the text's
juxtaposition of the
certainty of death with
the search for purpose in
life achieves great
poignancy when sung by
young voices. (Alec
Roth)
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For
Children's Choir and
Piano (with Optional
Percussion). Composed
by Alec Roth. Choral
Octavo. Secular. Choral
Octavo. 20 pages. Edition
Peters #98-EP73535A.
Published by Edition
Peters (PE.EP73535A).
ISBN 9790577022598.
Words by Vikram
Seth.
Earth and Sky
was commissioned by the
BBC for the Proms 2000
season. In keeping with
the millennial theme, a
work presenting a vision
of the future was
requested. Trying to be
helpful, the BBC provided
me with the predictions
of various pundits, but
their ideas seemed
dizzyingly contradictory.
Then the simple thought
struck me that however
varied and complex the
answers, the big
questions will always
remain the same. We may
now have a map of the
human genome, but how to
use the map? How shall I
know where I should go?
How may I see the I
that's
me?
As a
musician I am hopeful
that, no matter how the
world develops, future
generations will still
come together to dance
and sing and play. The
mysterious power of music
to bind us socially and
inspire us individually
seems to be built into
our genes. So, a song of
questions; a song about
music — these were
the ideas which I took to
Vikram Seth, who had
generously agreed to
write the words for me.
The resulting poem
provided lots of
inspiration. It is
entirely monosyllabic,
enabling considerable
variety of rhythmic
treatment. I love its
permutations and its
imagery of paradox and
inversion and I have
amused myself by playing
similar games with the
musical material. But
there is seriousness as
well as fun — the
text's juxtaposition of
the certainty of death
with the search for
purpose in life achieves
great poignancy when sung
by young
voices.
SKU: SU.29000230 Composed by Chick Corea. Book. Book. Subito Music Corpor...(+)
SKU: SU.29000230
Composed by Chick Corea.
Book. Book. Subito Music
Corporation #29000230.
Published by Subito Music
Corporation
(SU.29000230).
A colorful book
from the mind and hand of
the great master jazz
pianist. It's a kick to
make something out of
nothing. It seems most
people like to do this.
The lady of the house
takes a look at an empty
kitchen table and
envisions a table setting
including flowers and
napkins with a particular
design. Or an architect
sees an empty lot and
envisions a new apartment
building in that space
complete with interior
and exterior colors and
materials. Or anybody,
including myself, takes a
look at a blank piece of
paper and starts drawing
shapes on it......There's
another very human
tendency - and that's to
want to attach meaning
and significance to
things in life - to a
song, to an event, to
something viewed -
literally to anything.
It's usually an automatic
thing. Everything needs
to mean something. This
tendency to attach
meaning is also a kind of
creativity, I suppose.
But I find that, unless
there is also a
sufficient amount of
creation without meaning
or purpose then the
motions and emotions of
living can become bogged
down with too much
weighty significance. -
Chick Corea (Excerpted
from the foreward to
Creativity & Doodling)
Book size: 6x6 36 pages
Published by: Chick Corea
Productions.
Piano SKU: HU.HN717 Composed by Franz Liszt. Edited by Ernst-Gunter Heinemann. ...(+)
Piano
SKU: HU.HN717
Composed by Franz Liszt.
Edited by Ernst-Gunter
Heinemann. Piano Solo,
Piano and Keyboard,
Repertoire, Solos.
Transcendental Studies.
Classical, Romantic.
Softcover Book. 132
pages. G. Henle #HN717.
Published by G. Henle
(HU.HN717).
12.2 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches.
Liszts Transcendental
Studies (Etudes
d'execution
transcendante) of 1852
are without doubt among
the triumphs of virtuoso
piano music, and their
visionary language and
poetic expression make
them a milestone of the
romantic age. This set of
twelve etudes represents
the results of the
composers own revision of
a collection already
published in 1827 and
1839. Accordingly, the
principal source for this
edition was a printed
copy of the earlier
version with myriad
changes in the composers
hand. Each of these
pieces, including the
famous Harmonies du soir
and Mazeppa, bears its
own title and has entered
the concert repertoire
less as an etude than as
a tone-poem with its own
distinctive flavour.
Edited by Ernst-Gunter
Heinemann with fingerings
by Franz Liszt and
preface by Maria
Eckhardt.
A Unique Classical Collection of Favorites and Undiscovered Gems. Composed by ...(+)
A Unique Classical
Collection
of Favorites and
Undiscovered
Gems. Composed by
Various.
Edited by Charmaine
Siagian
and Sonya Schumann.
Willis.
Classical. Softcover. 272
pages. Published by
Willis
Music